Whom You Know: Champagne Wishes: ECCO DOMANI® ADDS VIBRANT PINOT NOIR TO STYLISH WINE PORTFOLIO. It is Perfect for Your Manhattan Saturday Night and it is Just What Peachy Deegan is Drinking!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Champagne Wishes: ECCO DOMANI® ADDS VIBRANT PINOT NOIR TO STYLISH WINE PORTFOLIO. It is Perfect for Your Manhattan Saturday Night and it is Just What Peachy Deegan is Drinking!

So far at Whom You Know, we have talked about Ecco Domani in the context of fashion:
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/02/ecco-domani-fashion-foundation.html
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/02/ecco-domani-fashion-foundation-edff.html

Today we are so pleased to talk about it in the context of your Champagne Wishes!

Of course, it is not literally Champagne, it is the Ecco Domani 2008 Pinot Noir IGT Sicilia we are interested in raving about. Ecco Domani Wines of Italy is proud to introduce the newest addition to its premium wine portfolio, the 2008 Pinot Noir IGT Sicilia. The new varietal is a vibrant, versatile wine that is sure to be a hit at stylish soirees and fashionable fêtes with its fresh, fruit-forward, bold taste and food-friendly appeal.

“Every bottle of Ecco Domani wine represents the best of Italian style and winemaking,” says Fabrizio Gatto, head winemaker for Ecco Domani Wines of Italy. “We are excited to announce the launch of the 2008 Pinot Noir and thrilled to give the American wine consumer a delicious, yet affordable, wine option that is a versatile enough to serve at everything from a casual family dinner, to a formal cocktail party. “

Ecco Domani’s 2008 Pinot Noir displays a deep red color, tinged with ruby-red reflections, and expresses vibrant aromas of blueberry and blackberry, accented by subtle hints of pepper and spice. The distinctive taste profile of the wine makes it a perfect match for a wide range of foods, particularly tomato-based pasta dishes, poultry and grilled meats.

The wine was created with grapes harvested from two different areas of Sicily and exhibits soft and mature tannins that enhance the structure of this Pinot Noir. On the southeast part of the island, near the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, the sandy soil and climate create grapes with great maturation and vibrant aromas and flavors. On the southwest part of the island, there is a mountainous growing environment with heavy clay soil which causes the grapes to mature slower, resulting in deep color, an extremely rich mouth feel, and soft tannins.

The new Pinot Noir’s fashion-forward bottle features a sleek silver and purple label, making it not only a great tasting wine, but also an eye-catching addition to any festive occasion. With purple being one of the hottest entertaining colors of the season, a bottle of the new Pinot Noir can serve as a great centerpiece to any décor. And, at $14 a bottle, it is an affordable yet chic gift for any occasion.

Ecco Domani 2008 Pinot Noir has just been released and is now available at wine retailers nationwide. The Ecco Domani portfolio also includes Chianti, Merlot, Pinot Grigio, Cabernet/Merlot and Chardonnay/Pinot Grigio which can be found in restaurants and wine retailers nationwide as well as online at www.thebarrelroom.com.

The Grape and the Region

Pinot Noir in Sicily has found the perfect home, thanks to the Sicilian sun and the fresh night breezes that sweep across the island. These factors create soft and mature tannins that enhance the structure of our Pinot Noir.

Grapes for this Pinot Noir come from two different areas. On the southeast part of the island near the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, sandy soil and climate create grapes with great maturation and vibrant aromas and flavours. On the southwest part of the island close to the Valley of the Temples is a mountainous growing environment with heavy clay soil. Grapes mature slower here, resulting in deep colour, extremely rich mouthfeel, and soft tannins.

Viticultural Notes
2008 was a fairly typical year for Sicily, with regular spring rainfall and warm, dry weather through the summer.
This year’s Pinot Noir was particularly noteworthy, thanks to optimal grape ripening from plentiful sunshine, combined with the absence of excessively high temperatures. Crisp nights contributed to large grape bunches with deep colour.
Shortly before harvest, the warm days were accompanied with a slight shortage of rain. However, our grower cooperatives use modern cultivation techniques that include water storage and estate water wells, which overcame the challenge of low rainfall. Thanks to the ideal harvest conditions and modern technology, 2008 promises to be a strong vintage for Pinot Noir.

Winemaker Notes
The 2008 Pinot Noir is made from 100% Pinot Noir grapes, which were harvested at full maturation near the beginning of September. They were then macerated for ten days in small stainless steel tanks to increase the surface contact between the juice and the skins, at a temperature of 25°C. After separation from the must and alcoholic fermentation, the wine remained on the lees until the end of malolactic fermentation. Finally, the wine was refined in stainless steel tanks to preserve the fruit flavors that are characteristic of this varietal.

Tasting Notes
Ecco Domani 2008 Pinot Noir displays a deep red color tinged with ruby-red reflections. It expresses ripe cherry aromas and a soft, plush blackberry palate with supporting structure. This Pinot Noir is a perfect match for a wide range of foods, particularly tomato-based pasta dishes, poultry and grilled meats.

Finished Wine
Varietal Content: 100% Pinot Noir
Appellation: IGT Sicilia
Alcohol Level: 12.5%
Residual Sugar: 0.34 g/l00ml
Total Acidity: 0.56 g/100ml
pH: 3.56

Ecco Domani Background

While much of Italy celebrates its past, northern Italy and Milan look to the future. This is where the style-setters create their art, whether it is high fashion, industrial and commercial design, cutting-edge furniture or a lighter, fresher, innovative style of cuisine. Ecco Domani, which means "here's tomorrow," is part of this movement.

Distinctly Italian varietals, Ecco Domani wines are contemporary in style and taste. They are easy-to-drink, well-balanced wines concentrating on the best qualities of the fruit and the regions in which they are grown, rather than on excessive winemaker influence or oak aging.

Young Italian winemaker Fabrizio Gatto and his colleagues scour Italy's premier growing regions for wines that express the best characteristics of the areas, creating wines that exhibit the best that Italy has to offer. The wines are fashioned into final blends and bottled in a stunning state-of-the-art facility in Trento, Italy. "By choosing the very best grapes from the finest regions of Italy, it is possible for us to craft exquisite wines with marvelous complexity. The intricate fruit flavors which result in the finished wines are unsurpassed, and marry well with a variety of superb cuisines," says Fabrizio Gatto.

Since Ecco Domani's debut in 1996, it has become the leading premium Imported brand in the United States. Impact Magazine named Ecco Domani as a "Hot Brand" for six consecutive years. The wines are currently sold in the United States, Canada and Northern Europe. Whom You Know Recommends the 2008 Pinot Noir by Ecco Domani!

http://www.eccodomani.com/

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